Mousetrap
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Wood
Measurements
240 mm (H)150 mm (W)230 mm (D)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332297
Summary
Trap; Mousetrap - Wooden falling block mousetrap. Rectangular frame for solid block which drops from the two-arm support when mouse activates support mechanism. Wooden wedge on leather thong for pulling block into position. In notebook no.4, page 107 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Weavers Room 76. Falling Block mouse trap' Includes sketch.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 107